In truth, charter opponents can lose some battles and still win the war,
as charter school operations continue to be hampered by endless attacks on so many fronts.
We are capable advisors for all aspects
of charter school operations from start - up to on - going operations, to appealing Texas Education Agency sanctions, enforcement actions, audits, nonrenewal, revocation and other actions.
The most recent two - year extension of mayoral control in Albany was hailed as a victory for school governance, but it was, as usual, peppered with backroom deals allowing recycling of revoked charters and increasing the city's financial obligations
for charter school operations.
The Obama Administration's Race to the Top (RttT) initiative won plaudits for encouraging states and school districts to
expand charter school operations and develop merit pay plans.
Governor Deval Patrick, in a nod to the mayor, backed legislation that would expand pilot schooling throughout the state while
curtailing charter school operations (see «Accountability Overboard,» features, Spring 2009).
readers know, Achievement First Inc. was co-founded by Stefan Pryor, Malloy's Commissioner of Education, and the office responsible for
reviewing charter school operations is run by Morgan Barth, a former Achievement First, Inc. employee who taught and served as an administrator illegally during 6 of his years at Achievement First, Inc..
Coaching and developing school leaders and their governing boards
on charter school operations and governance in their first two years of operation.
When you refer to the McKinley Elementary School petition in Compton, Calif., as «parent - powered, child - focused,» you ignore the fact that the petition was circulated not by parents in the school but by paid organizers pushing a for -
profit charter school operation.
Nonetheless, here is a handy template to go by if you are a mayor who is eager to break up large public schools and hand over their buildings to privately
run charter school operations, but don't want to leave your fingerprints at the scene of the crime:
AF is now more opening mentoring the Booker T. charter — AF hardly needs to bother with the sometimes burdensome details of another day - to -
day charter school operation — now they sell or rent their services to all kinds of new ventures.
Republican Jay Heiler, a regent and the founder of
charter school operation Great Hearts Academies, is considering a run for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Jeff Flake.
Although charter school companies like Jumoke Academy and Achievement First, Inc. have been unwilling to take their fair share of students who face language barriers and children who have special education needs, Malloy and Pryor have been diverting millions of dollars away from public schools to
finance charter school operations.
TCSA trainings can be set up to meet any area or audience of
charter school operations through our continually growing network of experienced, and knowledgeable training professionals: Governance, Operations, Business Office / Finance, or Academics / Instruction.
Advocacy groups in Chicago, New Orleans, and elsewhere have been denied basic information
about charter school operations that should be disclosed under Freedom of Information laws.
In short, because facilities and finance are often a source of significant profit, it is one of the main aspects
of charter school operations that is more vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse — or more in need of better accountability.
Charter schools are independent of a school district, operating under a direct contractual arrangement with the state, which has an obligation to pay
for charter school operations.
A charter school may rent out a portion of its facility (or all of the facility for part of the time), but the primary use of the facility must be for
charter school operations.
The CTA has launched a major campaign to promote more oversight and transparency in
charter school operations, and the relationship between the union and the charter school sector is as bitter as it has been in the 25 years since the first charter school was founded.
More recently, the Mary Walker School District, a small school district in Eastern Washington that is in deep financial trouble and has on multiple times in the past been cited by the State Auditor for violations, has been enticed into taking in several of
the charter school operations under the «Alternative Learning Experiences» loophole.
In essence, it is a partnership of charter school chains Uncommon Schools, KIPP, and Achievement First... Relay's «curriculum» mostly consists of taking the non-certified faculty of the charter schools, giving them computer - delivered modules on classroom management (and distributing copies of Teach Like a Champion), and placing them under the auspices of the «no excuses» brand of
charter school operation and teachers who already have experience with it.
• Until and unless there is sufficient accountability of
charter school operations, including increased federal support for state and local oversight agencies, we believe that states and districts are acting responsibly in capping the number of charter schools and should not be punished for doing so.
Her commitment to education is exemplified in her work with the Texas Charter School Association and the Texas Education Agency as a trusted expert advisor on the development of rules governing
charter school operations, including access to the Permanent School Fund (PSF), and other school finance related legislative initiatives.
Charter schools should consider adopting policies regarding specific aspects of
charter school operations.
We are looking for the best proposals in all areas impacting charter schools, including increasing student achievement,
charter school operations, facilities, budget & finance, governance, developing new charter schools, independent study and special education.